Mattress-wrapping machine



1,64 Sept 2 1927' u. I. ROSENTHAL ET AL 3091 MATTRESS WRAPPING MACHINEFiled Dec. 9. 1926 Z7 24 AZ 2? Z? /77 van/ore F7 5. Z(l/Hosen/fiz/ml/Cmwy Patented Sept. 20, 1927.

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" A pp'ltcattbn'filedDecember 9,192.6. Seria'lNo. 153,671.

The presentKinventionrelates{to improvements in "a mattresswrapp1ng*machrne,

'Whioh fis herewith fully described iand,

'laimed and is illustrated in the accompany- 6 ilgifidIfZtWiIlgS,iI1WhlChZ F igure llis aside etevatlon View offthe maehine,

I Figure 2 is a front-elevation -'blttrsho win g the "(itamping frameturned ft'O Vertical po'sif :ig'ure iis anfend 'viewflofa lmat-tressrolled and'in position to "be -=Wrapped, the V (rods Isupport "at theends having been re- "movedf I I n I Like numerals"ofrference indicatecorresponding'parts ineach figure.

Referring to thedrawin'gs, l isan upright "frame upon which "are'removably mounted in the slots 2 the rolls of different sizeof 'wrzt"in a er3.-

H2211 tlih sai d frame :1, "are pi'vot'a'lly 'mounted at A, the"ba1 sf5-which extend to the frontfOTf the said frame "1 =and upon which issnpportedthe horizontal table :6, upon Which the rolled mattress is"piaced. The "said table-6 i is provided with a plnrahty ofhorizontal;jpassages' Z'equal'in nuniher to the numberfo'frolls ofwrapping paper, T through which," respectively, ;pass the sheets in.tofth ffront oft'he table; a D The table is yitldingl; held ini;posit1on to fit [the v difierent Sizes of mettresse by respectiverolls, said sheets of paper extend- 3,5 .meansio'f levers 9, whichmeiprovided with sthbshaft .16 7 carrying the guide {frame l7 vin'whie'h is mounted the oppositely thread- 7 ed screw 18 operatedtheHorank flQ. Upqn'said'screw l81a17e mounted ,ityvoj trayeh1ingfb1ocks20 which; carry the rodsj21 which extend 1 ahoye said tableifi. )The ;-purpose of these rods 21" -isf'to hold and turn 'the1nattress, after it has been suitably "folded and to Wrap same, saidr0ds21 beihgadjustable toward and away tfromeach other by means of thescrew 18, t0 fit the difierent'sizes of mattress to be Wrapped, a I

The free ends of the rods 21,afterthe mattress has been placed inposition to be :13; which is actuated hythe pfi ey 1' and i :apply acoatbelt 15. -:The gear 12 is mounted on the,

Wrapped, are secured in su'itahle sockets 22 provided 1 in the *end oftheteross member 23, 'sald "sockets being adjustahle "to norms-pond tothe adjustment'attheotherends ofthe Irodsf21; Members 17, "18,19, 20,21,a nd' 2' 3 together constitute a rotary, adjustahle clamping frame forthe -mattress-. :In order a 'to rotatably support "said damping frame,there is provided an'arm '24, having at its nppe rend a bearing forthesh aft of :sa-ijd cross member and 'lnngedatitsotheri end to the member25, which is suitably fixejd to the floor or Which may' form part of the'frame. it Will readily be" seen that fu p'on pulling to theleft,'tl1e"eros s me1nher23 will be -pulledfout of engagement witht'he'ends ofth-erods 2l.'whereby themattress Will he easily removedtherefrom, when-wrapped.

Upon the front edge olffthe itable"Giand parallel thereto,"is'pi'votally nonnted the- L roller 26, and adjacent to said'taloleis'jsecure'd the gluetray27 In said glue tray 2' 7,is movahly monntetlthe glue applicator '28 "which is suitably lifted upwardly againstt'he,;adjac ent sheet of wrapping paperfi,' by means 1 of the j armcarrying-the cutter or knife 31.

Immediately below said glne tray 2711s secured\thelU shaped 1ne111berf32upon-Which .the sheet Ofpaper 8 passes and into which the knife 31engages fOlqlit gaitlsheetg A v lever is fulcrn'med at '33, and iseetua-ted by at-lever 134:, w,pivota lly 'feonneeted ati one I end tosaid lever 30ant1 at its, othenen'd in the Bracket 35; Upon pressing,onf'thmpedal 3.6, the lever I30- is r lifted tojeause l thel'z'nife T31150 .eutthesheet of,p.aper1.8, land simultaneously the tglzu-eapp1ioat0r28 is lifted to of glue uponthe l seve'i'ed end of the sheets; 7 n {Inthe operation tress is fir st roleled, as i indicated in Figure 3 .ofthe-drawings, and laced in betweenthe mods 721. 1

QThe saidrods are adgfustd to' ttghtly' e seeure: the ed mattress in positionihy means ,ofthe screwll8 and eranlzjw, The 'freeends ofthe rods2l are thenfso ured inthe'sookets 22 in the cross member 23. Then thesheet of wrappingpaper, of a Width to fit the size of the mattress, is.pulled from'the proper passage in the table 6, Where it is at hand andis passed under the roller 26 and insert ed in between one'of the rods21 and the mat- '29, pivotal1y mounteduponthe amuse,

said sheet of paper.

tress, as illustrated in Figure 3 of the draw ings. The gear 12 is thenrotated to actuate the frame 17, the rods 21 and mattress, thus wrappingthe paper around the rods and the mattress. \Vhen the said mattress hasbeen sufficiently wrapped, the pedal 36 is pressed down to actuate theglue applicator 28 which is raised out of the liquid glue and pressesagainst the underside of the sheet of paper 8, to simultaneously pressthe cutter or knife 31 in the U-shaped member 32, thus cutting Theoperator then presses the glued end against the paper al ready wound onthe mattress, to secure the end in place. The arm 24: is then swungoutwardly, and the roll is removed by sliding it endwise out ofengagement with the rod 21.

A main object of the machine above described. is to economize inwrapping paper, and time and labor is saved by auton'iatically andsimultaneously placing a coat of glue and cutting the paper. Anotherfeature. in the present invention, is that the wrapping paper is alwaysat hand, in front of the machine, where the operator stands, thus savingconsiderable time, in selecting the different sizes of paper, to suitthe dill'erent sizes of mattresses.

It will be readily understood, that the machine described in theforegoing specification discloses one preferred form of the invention,and any alte'atioi'is and modiliem tions may be made, without departingfrom the spirit and scope of the invention.

What we claim as our invention is l. A machine for wrapping mattressescomprising a table for supporting a mattress in rolled condition, meanspositioned above said table for clamping the rolled mattress to preventthe unrolling thereof, means for rotating the clamping means and themaltress clamped thereby, the said clamping means being adapted tosecure one end of a strip of wrapping paper whereby the paper will bedrawn about the mattress and the clamping means by the rotation of theclamping means.

2. A machine for wrapping mattresses or similar articles having incombination a table for supporting a mattress in a rolled condition,means for supporting a roll of wrapping paper adjacent to said table,means above said table for clamping the rolled mattress to prevent theunrolling thereof, means for rotating said clamping means so that themattress will be revolved above said table, the said clamping meansbeing adapted to secure one end of the wrap ping paper whereby the paperis drawn about said mattress during the rotation of the mattress.

3. machine for wrapping mattresses comprising a pair of parallel rodsfor clamping a rolled mattress to prevent the unroll ing thereof, meansfor simultaneouly rotating said rods and the mattress clamped therebyabout a common axis, one of the said rods being adapted to secure oneend of a str1p of wrapping paper whereby the paper will be drawn aboutthe mattress by the rotation of the rods, means for transversely cuttingthe strip of paper, and means for simultaneously applying an adhesiveadjacent the transverse cut.

4. A machine for wrapping mattresses comprising a pair of parallel rodsfor clamp ing a rolled mattress, a removable support for holding saidrods in operative position, means for simultaneously rotating said rodsabout a common axis, one of the said rods being adapted to secure oneend of a strip of \i 'rapping paper, whereby the paper will be d rawnabout the mattress by the rotation of the rods, a, bearing memberyieldingly supported below said rods, means for applying a transverselayer of adhesive to said strip of paper, and means for cutting saidstrip adjacent said transverse layer.

A, machine for wrapping mattresses or similar articles comprising aframe for rotatably supporting a plurality of rolls of wrapping paper ofdifferent widths, a wrapping table, a horizontal pivot for said table,yielding means for normally retaining said table in a horizontalposition, said table being provided with a plurality of runways througheach of which a sheet of Wrapping paper is adapted to pass, spaced rodsabove said wrapping table for engaging opposite sides of a rolledmattress, a frame adjacent to one end of said rods, a shaft secured tosaid frame, means for rotating said shaft, a bearing for one end of saidrods mounted in said frame, means for adjusting said bearings towardandfrmneach other in order to vary the distance between the said rods, apivoted support adjacent the other end of said rods, bearings on saidsupportfor receiving said rods, the said support and bearings beingmovable away from the ends of the rods in order to clear the latter,means for severing the sheets of wrapping paper, and means for applyingan adhesive adjacent to the severed end.

Signed at Montreal, Quebec, Canada, this 3rd day of December, 1926.

URAIA ISAAC ROSENTHAL. JAMES J. CROWVLEY.

